Ghost employees lurking in Radio Pakistan Sargodha on August 30, 2016ISLAMABAD: The presence of dozens of ghost employees, including the Station Director and six lady staff members at the Sargodha station of Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (Radio Pakistan), has been revealed. Sources told Daily Times that panic was seen among the top bosses of PBC after the publication of a news item in Daily Times about […]
PNCA teetering on the brink of devastation on August 27, 2016ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA), epic institution of promoting culture in the country, is teetering on the brink of disaster owing to alleged negligence and misadministration by incompetent high ups of the institution. In flagrant defiance of Supreme Court (SC), appointments are being made on deputation. Bureaucrats are being appointed instead of […]
News channels interested in money, not truth: PEMRA chairman on August 26, 2016 ISLAMABAD: PEMRA Chairman Absar Alam has said owners of major news channels were more interested in making money than providing their viewers with accurate and reliable information. Because of this, broadcasting standards have nosedived. During a chat with media men here in a local hotel on Friday, Absar Aslam said owners of the channels […]
PM takes notice ofghost employees’ at Radio Pakistan on August 19, 2016 ISLAMABAD: The prime minister has taken notice of ‘ghost employees’ in Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (Radio Pakistan) and sought a report from the information ministry. Sources told Daily Times that on revelation of hundreds of ghost employees in the 70 radio stations throughout the country, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has shown his resentment and ordered […]
Anti-state elements in guise of beggars posing threat to capital on August 16, 2016ISLAMABAD: Flocks upon flocks of anti-state elements have thickened their presence in the federal capital in the guise of professional beggars rendering it vulnerable to acts of sabotage and terrorism. Sources told Daily Times that there were certain gangs operating in the federal capital who provide toddlers and children to male and female beggars in […]
Hundreds of ghost employees at Radio Pakistan unearthed on August 13, 2016 ISLAMABAD: The scam of appointment of hundreds of ghost employees in Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) has surfaced, and these ghost employees are not only backed by senior officers but also they are enjoying support of some corrupt officials of accounts and administration department of Radio Pakistan. Sources told Daily Times that over 70 radio […]
EOBI fails to take vehicles back from sacked employees on August 12, 2016ISLAMABAD: 360 employees of EOBI who were employed illegally and against the rules were sacked from their jobs under the orders of Supreme Court (SC) but the vehicles, laptops and mobile phones valuing million of rupees provided to them have not been taken back. Sources told Daily Times that then Chairman of EOBI Zafar Iqbal […]
Changes in distribution of pension by EOBI irk pensioners on August 2, 2016 ISLAMABAD: Frequent changes in distribution of pension by Employees Old Age Benefit Institution (EOBI) at their whims have compounded woes of the pensioners. According to information received by Daily Times, former chairman EOBI Zafar Gondal executed an agreement with Tameer Bank for early and speedy payment of pension to millions of retired employees through […]
30 sports grounds facing disaster due to negligence of CDA on July 29, 2016ISLAMABAD: Over 30 sports grounds have been put on brink of disaster due to lack of attention by Sports, Culture and Tourism Directorate (SCTD) of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) in federal capital. Well placed sources told Daily Times that the SCTD was set up by the CDA to extend sports and recreational facilities to […]
Lok Virsa gives jobs against hefty bribes on July 22, 2016ISLAMABAD: Lok Virsa Executive Director Dr Fauzia Saeed has allegedly sacked the organisation’s old employees and given the jobs to new candidates against hefty bribes. She has also terminated the legal right of pension of the permanent retired employees. Sources told Daily Times that after assuming of charge of her office, Dr Fauzia started taking […]